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PDX Live takes over Pioneer Courthouse Square select dates August 4 to August 20. Tickets and more info here.

It got 10 degrees warmer, and I got 10 degrees more confident that I should be out IN THE WINDS, soaring free to a Sam Shepard staging about arts under capitalism or a MOTHERFUCKING GEM SHOW at OMSI.

Hellllooooo, sweet baby angel Trash Pandas! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I have missed you! My latest column was part of ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event ...

I love basketball, and I love the Blazers, but honestly folks, if we have 600 million dollars to spend we need to spend that money on schools, and housing people. It will be painful to see them leave, ...

GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out ...

I hope folks know that the yellow flashing hazard lights don't excuse them from parking illegally or without paying on city streets? Or to just stay there and wait for someone or something? Or even to ...

After signaling a desire for a new policy that would allow city councilors to bring loaded firearms to City Hall, Portland City Councilor Loretta Smith says she “denounces violence” but wants ...

After signaling a desire for a new policy that would allow city councilors to bring loaded firearms to City Hall, Portland City Councilor Loretta Smith says she “denounces violence” but wants ...

Not gonna lie, wasn't my favorite grocery store. A little too expensive, a little out of the way. I didn't shop there enough to say I wasn't part of the problem. But that insane sausage collection has ...